The FIBA Africa Championship 1987 was an international basketball tournament for teams in the
International Basketball Federation's
FIBA Africa zone hosted by
Tunisia
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from December 17 to December 18, 1987. The games were played in
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois
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. The top two countries in this
FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in
Seoul
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.
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...
won the tournament, the country's 2nd African championship, by beating
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
in the final.
Competing Nations
The following national teams competed:
Preliminary rounds
Group A
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Group B
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Knockout stage
Classification stage
Final standings
C.A.R. roster
François Naouéyama, Jean-Pierre Kotta, Guy Mbongo, Eugene Pehoua-Pelema, Richard Bella, Aubin Goporo, Anicet Lavodrama, Christian Gombé,
Fred Goporo, Bruno Kongawoin, Kader Fall, Oumarou Sanda
Awards
External links
FIBA Archive
References
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1987 in African basketball
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International basketball competitions hosted by Tunisia
AfroBasket
December 1987 sports events in Africa